Thursday

March 23, 2023

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian civil war

2023 Syria clashes

A United States contractor is killed and five others are injured when a drone hits a U.S. base near Al-Hasakah in northern Syria. The United States responds with airstrikes on Iranian-linked targets, killing eleven people. (Al Jazeera)

Armed conflict for control of the favelas in Greater Rio de Janeiro

A police raid in a favela in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, results in the deaths of 13 people and the capture of two Comando Vermelho gang leaders from the northern states of Pará and Sergipe. (Barron's)

Disasters and accidents

2023 Tunisia migrant boat disaster

Five people are killed when migrant boats sink off the coast of Sfax, Tunisia. (Reuters)